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Performing Arts Practice 1B (SM) (THTR10017)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Annie Reid
ann.reid @ unimelb.edu.au
or
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject introduces students to the production of live performances by observing professionals and by assigned to an internal live production. It will be delivered via two modules: Professional Development and Production Practice
Module One: Students will be shown examples of production processes. The examples can be experienced either by visits to professional companies during a production cycle, or guest speakers, as well as internal seminars.
Module Two: Students work in a crewing capacity on a production. The module introduces the student to the complexity of the production process and the collaborative nature of the work.
Performing Arts Practice is the subject where the student begins to both observe and put into practice all they have learned in Performing Arts Practice 1A and Stage Management 1B, whilst working on a Production.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject enables students to:
- develop an understanding of a range of production practices within the performing arts;
- work efficiently as part of a production team having developed the necessary communication skills (written and oral) and identified the need for continued, independent learning and critical thinking.
Generic skills
On completing this subject students will have:
• time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion;
• demonstrated capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
• demonstrated practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving, report writing, team work and oral and written communication;
• ability to contribute to a range of visual/performing arts environments as artistic collaborators and leaders.
Last updated: 3 November 2022